03-11-2021
Winner Jerome Ianmark Calayag came at the Gran Finale with mentor David Ljungqvist, chef and patron at Portal in Stockholm, where Calayag works
Jerome Ianmark Calayag, from restaurant Portal in Stockholm, is the winner of the Gran Finale of the international S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy 2021 competition: Calayag, regional finalist for the UK and North Europe conquered the jury with a vegetarian dish with an evocative name: Humble Vegetables. The Italian finalist, Alessandro Bergamo came only second. He comes from restaurant Cracco in Milan, and presented a dish called Better an egg today or a hen tomorrow?.
Alessandro Bergamo during the award ceremony
Enrico Bartolini during the competition
The jury: on top of Bartolini, there were Mauro Colagreco, Manu Buffara, Gavin Kaysen, Clare Smyth and Andreas Caminada
The dish from Jerome Ianmark Calayag, Humble Vegetables
The dish from Alessandro Bergamo, Better an egg today or a hen tomorrow?
Bergamo at work during the competition. «He stood out thanks to his precision and neatness», said his mentor Antonia Klugmann
Antonia Klugmann
Stefano Marini
The winner is announced
Translated into English by Slawka G. Scarso
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Alessandro Bergamo (Cracco in Galleria, Milan) and Antonia Klugmann (L'Argine a Vencò, Dolegna del Collio - Gorizia), respectively young chef and mentor of the third edition of the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy. They came second, the best result ever for an Italian team
Massimo Bottura on the stage of the Brain Food forum organised by the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy